Understanding the Old Testament

P.1 The Covenant Community Is Formed -- The Beginning Of Israel -- Liberation From Bondage -- Covenant In The Wilderness -- The Promised Land -- The Struggle Between Faith And Culture -- P.2 Israel Becomes Like The Nations -- The Throne Of David -- Israel's Epic -- Prophetic Troubles Of Israel -- Fallen Is The Virgin Israel -- Judah's Covenant With Death -- The Rediscovery Of Mosaic Torah -- The Doom Of The Nation -- P.3 The Covenant Community Is Renewed -- By The Waters Of Babylon -- The Dawn Of A New Age -- A Kingdom Of Priests -- The Praises Of Israel -- The Beginning Of Wisdom -- The Unfulfilled Drama. Bernhard W. Anderson. Includes Indexes. Bibliography: P. 607-633.